Also worth mentioning the related scandal[1] of JEA's former CEO and CFO attempting to sneak in a "Long-Term Incentive Performance Unit Plan" that would have paid out hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars as bonuses to executives if "a recapitalization event (including a sale of JEA) occurred, meaning payouts would have been funded by net proceeds to the COJ from the sale of JEA."
Entirely unsurprising who the top private bidder was[2].
[1] https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/03/07/for...
[2] https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2020/08/26/nex...